Clothes-wringer.



H. H. LYCHE.

CLOTHES WRINGER. APPLICATION FILED FE8.12. 191s.

Lmwa I Patented Dec. 26,1916.

Wifnlessea: Inuenor;

omen ,sanrns ATENT 'nirion HALVOIR, H. LYGHE, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,Asstenoa ,ro THE ODIN COMPANY, oI',

- cnrcneo, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

CLOTHES-WRING-ER.

Specification of Letters Patent. I Pg fi qgjmt gd 113 19 5Application-filed February 12, 1916. Serial No. 79,769.

washing machines, and has for one of its.

objects to improve the'constructionand increase the elhci ency andutility of devices of this characteng A further object of my inventionis the provision of a novel safety device designed for the purpose ofprevent ing the operators hands being carried to and caught in the rollsof the wringer. My invention contemplates the provision of a unitarydrainboard and endless belt -con veyer for conveying articles ofclothing to the rolls of the wringer, which is furthermore constructedto shed or convey water back to its source irrespective of in whatdirection the wring'er is operated.

These, together with such other objects as may hereinafter appear, orare incident to my invention, I attain by means of the constructionillustrated in preferred form in the accompanying drawings, wherein: I

Figure 1 is an end view of a wringer with my device attached and aportion of the wringer frame broken away to expose the mechanism toview. Figure 2*is a front viewof the same. Figure 3, a perspective viewembodying. the preferred construction of my improvements, omitting theconveyer belt Similar characters refer to similar" parts throughout theseveral views.

The frame 1 and rollers 2 and 3 represent parts common to clotheswringers,

while my safety devices and attachments consist-of a pair of brackets4:, provided with screw holes 5, for mounting the same on-the-wringer;other holes 6, in the upper part of the brackets are located adjacent toandabove the roller 3, for suitable hinge pins 7, on which are mountedguards 8 on each side of and extending the entire length I of theroller. j v

The lower edges 9, of aforesaid guards.

come in .eontact ;with the surface of the roller 3,, at a 'pointin aline tangent to the periphery'of said roller and passing through thecenter of the hinge pin 7.

In the cross section, or end View, eachguard is approximately thecontour of onehalf of a heart, suspended so that the preponderan'ce ofweight will be on the outside to insure the edges 9, being kept bearlngagainst the roller and also to form an efficient guard.

The lever action thus obtained is efiec tive in stripping any clotheswhich may for any reason adhere to the wringer roller; even to theextentof swinging away from the roller and directing the clothes thuscaught down to the conveyer belt hereinafter described.

To. keep the guards central between the end frames ,of the wringer, Ihave shown spacers-10 near each end of the hinge pins 7. The numeral 12designates a drainboard provided with the sides 17 recessed at 18 toclear the lower w'ringer roll 2 and having abase sloping up from eachend to a center ridge or watershed 16. Spaced rollers 13 are carried inthe sides 17 and brackets 41:

through the instrumentality of the bearing members 11 and the studs orpins'14, which latter extend through the bearing members 11 from therollers 13 into the outer ends ofthe brackets ,4. Passed around therollers 13 is an endless-beltf conveyer 15 having its upper stretchdisposed inthe pass ofthe rolls 2 and 3 and whose lower stretch islocated 'adiacently over the Watershed of j the drainboard.

Thus it is to .be clearly understood that thisconstruction is adapted.to convey the water back to the side from which it came, without theadded process of tilting the board, as is the case on former devices forthis purpose when the rotation of the wrmger is reversed. To secure mydevicemore firmly .to the Wringer frame I have tance from the wringer.

. It 1s obvious that the water pressed from the clothes will return onthe inclined upcarrying the wet clothes.

- The guards 8, which "prevent the hands per surface of the belt andthat which drips shed adjacent to the side of the conveyer of'theoperator from the danger of being caught between the wringer rollers maybe raised to the position indicated by broken lines in Figure 1 for thepurpose of inspecting and cleaning the wringer rollers.

I am aware that prior to my invention, safety devices for clotheswringers have been made with conveying belts. I therefore do not claimsuch a combination broadly but I claim:

1. In combination, a wringer frame pro- I vided with upper and lowerwringer rolls,

a base and side frame members, spaced rollers carried by said side framemembers, and an endless belt conveyer extending around the rollers andhaving its upper stretch disposed in the pass of the rolls and its lowerstretch intermediate the lower roll and the base of the drainboard, theupper stretch of the belt conveyer and the base of the drainboardsubstantially correspondingly inclined whereby to shed the water in adirection away from the rolls.

3. In combination, a wringer frame provided with upper and lower wringerrolls,

a drainboard carried by the frame having outwardly extending side framemembers, spaced rollers terminally carried by said side frame members,and an endless belt conveyer extending around said rollers and havingits upper stretch disposed in the pass of the rolls and its lowerstretch below the lower roll, and a stripper guard member pivotallycarried by said side frame members and having its lower free edgeportion extending toward the pass of the rolls to contact peripherallywith the upper roll, said edge portion slightly removed from the upperstretch of the belt conveyer.

4. In combination, a wringer drainboard comprising side frame'membersand a base connecting said members, spaced rollers having bearingmembers pro ecting laterally through the side frame members, and

attaching brackets extending longitudinally of the side frame membersand constructed to terminally engage the projecting bearing members ofthe rollers.

. 5. In combination, a wringer frame provided with upper and lowerwringer rolls, a drainboard having an arched base constitutinga Watershed for said rolls and side frame members therefor extending outwardlyat each side of the wringer frame,

spaced rollers terminally carried by said outwardly extending side framemembers,

an endless belt conveyer extending around the rollers and having itsupper stretch disposed in the pass of the rolls and its lower stretchextending horizontally and adjacently across the apex of the archedbase,and means for detachablyfconnecting the drainboard to the wringer frame.

6. In combination, a wringer frame provided with upper and lower rotarywringer rolls, ,an endless belt conveyer having its upper stretchdisposed in'the pass of said rolls and its lower stretch Located belowthe lower roll, and a stripper guardmember associated at its upper endwith said frame and constructed to extend'toward the upper. stretch ofsaid conveyer and then inwardly toward the pass of the rolls, the loweredge portion of said member adapted to'peripherally contact with theupper roll, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

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Witnesses: I v ALBERT S. KUX,

B. C. RINEHART.

